Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of video games by player count


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The result was keep. Tone 10:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

List of video games by player count

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"Player count" is too ill-defined for this to be a meaningful list. Some entries are based on registered users, other on monthly actives, and others on Steam users. The list is also very incomplete (the likes of Farmville and Candy Crush Saga are not included) but that is possibly fixable. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 19:45, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep This list is meant to be a companion of List of best-selling video games, and to deal with the increasingly common issue of games reporting only registered accounts/users and not unit sales. It's to address constant issues and disruption at the aforementioned list (See talk page/archives there). Well sourced, players = accounts = steam users is hardly a difficult concept or lacking in meaning. Completeness isn't a valid deletion rationale, especially coupled with a statement that that could be fixed. AFD isn't cleanup. -- ferret (talk) 19:55, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * And the immediate examples given of missing items resolved. -- ferret (talk) 21:45, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * "Registered users" and "Active users" for a given product will often differ by a factor of 5-10 for a popular game. Companies also have no incentive to avoid inflated counts of registered users (i.e. spam accounts).  I agree that an article such as List of free-to-play video games by peak monthly active players would be fine. Unfortunately, relying on company-provided data is unavoidable here. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 21:51, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Which would then only have League, Warframe, and Dota on it. Games like Overwatch and World of Warcraft, which aren't free but have official player count figures, would then be listless. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 17:33, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. -- ferret (talk) 19:57, 25 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per Ferret. Notable topic for a list in an encyclopedia since amount of players are regularly reported and discussed in reliable sources. Problems mentioned in the nomination are WP:SURMOUNTABLE through editing. Regards  So  Why  20:15, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable, covers massive blind spots at List of best-selling video games, and appears to be well-sourced so far. Phediuk (talk) 03:24, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. If you want to discuss what belongs here or not, such as the unofficial Steam owners, then go ahead, but I fail to see how this article fails WP:GNG as its subject matter is reported on by multiple sources. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 17:33, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep there are obviously going to be similar sounding articles already here, perhaps they should be merged into this one. Szzuk (talk) 21:20, 1 October 2018 (UTC)


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